Balancing Humanitarian Aid and Sustainable Development
Development practitioners often face a delicate trade-off between delivering urgent humanitarian aid and fostering sustainable development, particularly in post-conflict nations. In their working...
View ArticleResource Rich, Capital Investment Poor
Resource-rich economies often struggle to channel export revenues into productive capital investments, despite potentially large economic and social gains. Allocating oil revenues can be particularly...
View ArticleIncome Inequality Despite Economic Growth
As the G-8 countries prepare to meet in May, the emerging economies of the G-20 are increasingly making their voices heard on the global economic stage. But a recent report by the Organization for...
View ArticleIn the Fight for Food Security, Sustainable Land Management Plays a ‘Growing’...
As an environmental concern, food security is no longer something that only ‘foodies’ or farmers care about. Increasingly, the links between climate change and the fragility of food systems are...
View ArticleCan Geo-Simulations Provide A Roadmap to Better Disaster Response?
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the priciest on record, mirroring a global trend of natural disasters becoming more expensive. Understanding the impacts of these natural disasters has...
View ArticleWhat are the True Costs of Natural Disasters?
With a year that included severe monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, earthquakes in Mexico, and hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, 2017 was an exceptionally bad year for natural disasters....
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